Containers are changing the way enterprises consume IT, and solution providers proficient in the technology possess one of the hottest skill sets on the planet. It’s not too late to grab hold of the opportunity.

Both container technology and the Internet of Things are game-changing technologies that shot to stardom about three years ago. While that concurrence was coincidental, natural synergies have inextricably linked them with each other—and the major disruptors of the cloud era.

Fourteen of the 24 publicly held channel companies on our watch list saw the price of their stock increase in the first quarter of 2018 while 10 recorded stock price declines. Take a look at who were the winners and who were the losers.

Ingram Micro executive vice president and Americas group president Paul Bay says rather than focus on technology and its delivery, Ingram Micro today is all about the business outcome the channel needs to deliver.